Impaired Peripheral Vascular Function Following Ischemic Stroke in Mice: Potential Insights into Blood Pressure Variations in the Post-Stroke Patient
Yilmaz G, Alexander J. Impaired Peripheral Vascular Function Following Ischemic Stroke in Mice: Potential Insights into Blood Pressure Variations in the Post-Stroke Patient. Pathophysiology 2024, 31: 488-501. PMID: 39311310, PMCID: PMC11417821, DOI: 10.3390/pathophysiology31030036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIncreased blood pressure variabilityBlood pressure variabilityIschemic strokeAcetylcholine-induced endothelium-dependent vasodilationAssociated with poor clinical outcomesEndothelium-dependent vasodilator responsesPeripheral arteriesVascular smooth muscle toneResponse to SNPStroke animalsImpaired peripheral vascular functionPhenylephrine-induced vasoconstrictionEndothelium-dependent vasodilationPoor clinical outcomesSmooth muscle toneThoracic aortic segmentsDeterminants of blood pressurePressure variabilityPeripheral vascular functionPeripheral vascular responseWire myographyIsolated aortaVasoconstrictor responsesVasodilator responseRemote arteryN-Methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) mediated vasodilation in aorta
Yilmaz G, Alexander J. N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) mediated vasodilation in aorta. Physiology 2024, 39: 2323. DOI: 10.1152/physiol.2024.39.s1.2323.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchN-methyl-D-aspartic acidNitric oxide synthaseVascular smooth muscleVascular responsesSmooth muscleN-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor blockadeResponse to NMDAWild type male miceNMDA-induced vasodilationNon-NMDA receptorsIn vitro myographyThoracic aorta segmentsPeripheral vascular responseMK-801Receptor blockadeNMDA concentrationsNMDA receptorsResistance arteriesEndothelial cell layerL-NAMEOsmolarity solutionVasodilatory effectMethyl ester hydrochlorideAortic segmentsInduce vasodilation